Guide to Essential Books on Expat Life: From How-Tos and Memoirs to Fiction

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Debra Bruno

May 21, 2015 9:00 am ET

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The world of books by and for expats is enormous. The how-to books alone could fill a small library. Add to that first-person memoirs, plus endless numbers of novels and works of poetry using the expat life as fodder. Some books combine memoir with how-to, others reflect on expat worlds of earlier times, and some tap into the financial benefits of life abroad. Here is a sampling of books for those with wanderlust.